Kudos for Simply To Impress

Check out Jen's blog from Eden's Bouquet! She gave simplytoimpress.com kudos! :)

http://www.edensbouquet.com/blog

Fallen Timbers Bike Ride

Each year we do a fundraiser for Fallen Timbers Environmental Center. This year it was on October 3rd, but we just got the photo in the mail today. It is a bike ride, and this year we did the 14 mile one. What I thought was cool was looking at the difference between the kids in a year. Wow! What a difference! Both of them look older, and Alex looks like he has grown at least 6 inches! Last years photo is shown below:

Another Hasse party! :)

So exciting! Alex is turning 13 and we are going to have a big party! He is sending these out to 100+ guests tomorrow! Yikes! What am I in for???

Family photo attempt

On the final weekend of peak fall colors, I attempted to take some family shots, in hopes of getting that "perfect" Christmas card photo. It didn't really work. The weather was awful and it started to rain. Bad weather + three uncooperative children under the age of 4 = a pretty failed attempt. At any rate, I managed to tuck away a couple "desperation" photos, in the event I can't get any more between now and the holidays, but I thought I would share a few that didn't make the cut.

Girls Day Out

Last Thursday, Mema, Mackenzie and I all went to the "spa" (okay, it was the Wisconsin Cosmetology School - aka "spa for the poor"!)...we had so much fun! We got facials, maniures, scalp massages, and our hair done! Oh- and all for $11.75! Whoo Hoo!

5K race for St. Joseph's food panty

On Saturday we ran in a 5K race which collected donations and canned food for St. Joseph's Food Pantry in Menasha. It was freezing and windy, but worth the cause...

Brian, Alex, Mackenzie and me ran in the race...while the little kiddos stayed warm inside with MeMa.

Trick or Treating

We had a great time Halloween night...we went to Mema's house and trick-or-treated from there... :)

Pumpkin carving

The kids and daddy carved pumpkins and I made homemade pizza... :)

You know you are bored when...

So, here's the deal. Brian, Alex, Mackenzie and Natalie went to the movies tonight. Alex and Brian went to "Cloudy with a chance of meatballs"....Mema & Papa took the girls to "Where the Wild Things Are". Anyway, they all left at 6 pm (for Young Men/Young Women at church) and they aren't seeing the show until 9 pm. Well, by about 8 pm, I was pretty bored. I mean, I am used to the pitter patter of lots of feet in the house. And, well, you can only do so much cleaning and laundry before you decide enough is enough (and for me, that "enough" comes awfully quick!). So, when I got bored we defaulted to taking self-timer photos with the camera. They were blurry at first, but we got rid of one of the Barney books that was propping up the camera and decided to hit the floor. Fun times, fun times. I think now we are going to go make some self-made movies on the Mac.